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The Latin Catholics of Malabar Coast, also known as Malabar Latin Catholics or Latin Christians of Kerala (Malayalam: മലബാർ ലത്തീൻ കത്തോലിക്കർ or മലബാർ ലത്തീൻ ക്രിസ്ത്യാനികൾ) are a multi-ethnic religious group in Kerala adhering to the Roman Rite ...
As many as 5 million Indian Catholics belong to the Syro-Malabar Church, one of 23 "Oriental" or "Eastern" churches in full communion with the Catholic Church. Syro-Malabar Catholics trace their origin to St. Thomas the Apostle, who is said to have come to India in 52 AD and to have been martyred near Chennai.
The new Diocese consists of the Latin Catholics of Malabar residing in the revenue districts of Kannur and Kasaragod. On 1 February 2014, Pope Francis appointed Alex Joseph Vadakumthala as the new bishop of Kannur.
The Latin Catholics of Malabar Coast, aka Latin Christians of Kerala or Malabar Latin Catholics are a multi-ethnic religious group who constitute the ecclesiastical provinces of Verapoly and Trivandrum, which follow the Roman Rite liturgical practices of the Latin Church, on the Malabar Coast, the southwestern coast of India.
Latin Catholic Carmelite clergy from Europe served as bishops, and the Church along with the Latin Catholics was under the Apostolic Vicariate of Malabar (modern-day Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Verapoly).
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The Catholic Church in Kerala is a communion of three individual Churches; Latin, Syro- Malabar, Syro–Malankara. The Latin Church has eleven ecclesiastical units out of 29 dioceses in Kerala. The presence of the Latin Church in India, particularly on the coast of Kerala has protracted over eleven centuries or more.
Feb 22, 2024 · Statistics are hard to come by, but most sources agree that the majority of India’s Catholics belong to the Latin Church. There are roughly half a million Syro-Malankara Catholics, 4 million Syro-Malabar Catholics, and, by inference, more than 15 million Latin Catholics in India.
